detroit lions top passer each season last 15 seasons

From 2012 through 2026, Matthew Stafford has the most passing yards for the Lions by a quarterback in a season, with 4,967 yards in 2012.

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Data note: Passing Yards: player season data complete from 1932

	NAME	YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,967	2012	DET	16	435	727	59.8	6.8	310.4	20	17	79.8	2.8	2.3	29	212
2	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,650	2013	DET	16	371	634	58.5	7.3	290.6	29	19	84.2	4.6	3.0	23	168
3	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,629	2024	DET	17	390	539	72.4	8.6	272.3	37	12	111.8	6.9	2.2	31	234
4	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,575	2023	DET	17	407	605	67.3	7.6	269.1	30	12	97.9	5.0	2.0	30	197
5	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,564	2025	DET	17	393	578	68.0	7.9	268.5	34	8	105.5	5.9	1.4	38	259
6	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,446	2017	DET	16	371	565	65.7	7.9	277.9	29	10	99.3	5.1	1.8	47	287
7	Jared Goff J. Goff	4,438	2022	DET	17	382	587	65.1	7.6	261.1	29	7	99.3	4.9	1.2	23	156
8	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,327	2016	DET	16	388	594	65.3	7.3	270.4	24	10	93.3	4.0	1.7	37	216
9	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,262	2015	DET	16	398	592	67.2	7.2	266.4	32	13	97.0	5.4	2.2	44	251
10	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,257	2014	DET	16	363	602	60.3	7.1	266.1	22	12	85.7	3.7	2.0	45	254
11	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	4,084	2020	DET	16	339	528	64.2	7.7	255.3	26	10	96.3	4.9	1.9	38	254
12	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	3,777	2018	DET	16	367	555	66.1	6.8	236.1	21	11	89.9	3.8	2.0	40	255
13	Jared Goff J. Goff	3,245	2021	DET	14	332	494	67.2	6.6	231.8	19	8	91.5	3.8	1.6	35	280
14	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	2,499	2019	DET	8	187	291	64.3	8.6	312.4	19	5	106.0	6.5	1.7	18	137
15	Jared Goff J. Goff	1,788	2026	DET	6	150	223	67.3	8.0	298.0	14	0	112.5	6.3	0.0	12	94
16	David Blough D. Blough	984	2019	DET	5	94	174	54.0	5.7	196.8	4	6	64.0	2.3	3.4	14	104
17	Jeff Driskel J. Driskel	685	2019	DET	3	62	105	59.0	6.5	228.3	4	4	75.3	3.8	3.8	11	46
18	Tim Boyle T. Boyle	526	2021	DET	5	61	94	64.9	5.6	105.2	3	6	63.5	3.2	6.4	0	0
19	Chase Daniel C. Daniel	264	2020	DET	4	29	43	67.4	6.1	66.0	1	2	72.2	2.3	4.7	3	29
20	Dan Orlovsky D. Orlovsky	201	2015	DET	2	22	40	55.0	5.0	100.5	1	1	66.8	2.5	2.5	0	0
21	Shaun Hill S. Hill	172	2012	DET	1	10	13	76.9	13.2	172.0	2	0	157.9	15.4	0.0	0	0
22	Hendon Hooker H. Hooker	62	2024	DET	3	6	9	66.7	6.9	20.7	0	0	86.3	0.0	0.0	1	9
23	Matt Cassel M. Cassel	59	2018	DET	2	7	17	41.2	3.5	29.5	0	1	26.3	0.0	5.9	1	13
24	David Blough D. Blough	49	2020	DET	1	6	10	60.0	4.9	49.0	0	1	32.9	0.0	10.0	1	10
25	Jake Rudock J. Rudock	24	2017	DET	3	3	5	60.0	4.8	8.0	0	1	32.5	0.0	20.0	0	0

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More Lions Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,788

Goff

RUSH

620

Gibbs

REC

525

St. Brown

Team Rankings

PPG

30.7

2nd

OPP PPG

27.5

26th

RUSH YDS/G

115.0

16th

PASS YDS/G

298.0

1st

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	6	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	.714
Lions	4	2	.667
Packers	5	3	.625

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/1	MIN	@	DET	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DET	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	NE	@	DET	9:30 AM
Sun 11/22	TB	@	DET	1:00 PM
Thu 11/26	CHI	@	DET	1:00 PM

Last Game

Packers

4 - 3

Final

Lions

4 - 2

Sun 25 Oct 2026

NFL 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,246

Love

1,989

Stafford

1,921

Young

Rush Yards Leaders

704

Robinson

701

Walker

627

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

867

Smith-Njigba

708

Watson

651

Lamb

Pass TD Leaders

16

Love

16

Cousins

15

Purdy

Rush TD Leaders

8

Williams

8

Taylor

8

Allen

Rec TD Leaders

8

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

6

Lamb

QB Rating Leaders

112.5

Goff

110.4

Burrow

110.1

Purdy

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

7.0

Young

6.0

Turner

NFL 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.8

30.7

28.1

27.2

27.0

26.1

Opp PPG Rankings

12.3

17.2

17.3

17.9

19.7

19.9

Total Yards Rankings

399.1

397.3

390.7

387.7

380.5

375.0

Rush Yards Rankings

154.3

148.8

146.4

141.7

141.5

139.9

Pass Yards Rankings

298.0

286.0

281.1

280.8

276.9

275.5

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

NFL Fantasy 2026

Fantasy RB Rankings

139

Gibbs

129.7

Walker

120.7

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

138.2

Smith-Njigba

104.8

Watson

102.5

Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

71.5

Likely

71.2

McBride

70.5

Kittle

Fantasy K Rankings

89

Shrader

81

Reichard

77

McLaughlin

NFL 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

5-2

Worst Record ATS

0-5-1

1-6

1-4-1

2-5

NFL 2026 Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	4	2	1	.643
Cowboys	3	4	0	.429
Eagles	2	5	0	.286
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	6	0	0	1.000
Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	5	3	0	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	4	0	.429
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	6	1	0	.857
Seahawks	4	3	0	.571
Rams	3	4	0	.429
Cardinals	2	5	0	.286

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	5	1	0	.833
Patriots	4	3	0	.571
Jets	2	5	0	.286
Dolphins	1	5	0	.167
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Browns	5	2	0	.714
Steelers	5	2	0	.714
Bengals	4	2	0	.667
Ravens	4	3	0	.571
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
Colts	2	5	0	.286
Texans	2	5	0	.286
Titans	1	6	0	.143
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	5	1	0	.833
Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
Chargers	0	6	0	.000